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m % > 4i1 h jbermuda jl hecorde published bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays ox i gives a meal man-a ealf volume xxxvi hamilton bermuda wednesday august 19 1959 no 7 bermuda stunned at its choice as man's main highroad to outer space iÂ«im-ik s ssasj Â® notnmtsr^^^^^x^t^l ch,ha v^p mah vfc y_pf v i xa t__/jp f i gift i a / { j^l hawaii w^_______ls rem w bkw i t j j~~"~w w t jmj^ttf jmm amam w mm a i\______il___________hli * sv6 l â– j^^wam x r * m_f1~v_i ft tr _*/ souinwtsmh3f u ocean ({Â£. sh cthnal * aun^m -. =, - //Â¥/ mÂ«a , f r ioji.uÂ«v 4 jffiskr^jr u 9 m^______h ww<o<ms h w v-^ahhca auswaua t.n / fl / l trafiktwr stations - the si ars_^||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||m airmen jailed for raping canadian visitor w ium two united states airmen â€” married men and fathers of children were sentenced to three and four years impri sonment yesterday by the chief justice sir newnham worley upon their conviction of each twice raping a 25 year-old canadian visitor dermudians were stunned to almost disbelief yesterday to learn that the colony has been selected as one of the main highroads for man's first journey into outerspace â€” a trip set for late next year other devices include in struments for monitoring : also a suit which will support h.m without the capsule or vice versa he will also have two electro-cardiagraphs sent hack as well as his tempera lure and respiration rate staff sergeant hames ed ward ferguson father of three children ranging from seven to nine years drew the three year sentence while his buddy airman clifford tilden floyd father of two was sentenced to four years the chief jus tice told the latter he was im posing the heavier term on him because of the particularly re volting manner in which you assaulted her on your own admission his insertion in orbit it will be from here that the first sighting will be made as the space ship hurtles around the earth at a speed of 18,000 miles per hour the dramatic announce ment of the role bermuda will play in project mercury the name given by the united states for the project aimed at placing a man into orbit around the earth came from the u s state department in washington it was also backed up by a team of space experts who hav epent the past week in ber n.uda seeking the best possible site on the island which would make bermuda second only to the u s rocket launching site at cape canaveral flor ida wher the space man â€” . or astronaut â€” will be launched * nik mmm in order for these things u be checked upon it is neces sary to have the support of a ground instrumentation pro gramme and that is where jinlii-alc the location nf the 17 jrlobe-gird the united states hopes to put in orbit late next year if the astronaught feels it is not physically possible to make the orbit he will be in touch with bermuda first so that the machinery will be put into operation to recover the astro naut bermuda comes in along with the 16 other tracking stations mr wood pointed out robinson inquest seven kindley employees get top awards landlord tells how he found murdered woman in garden accompanying mr wood are mr james f mcnulty also of the n.a.s.a mr l a ferrara head of the con tractor team of western elec tric co mr w g thorpe engineer-geologist burns and roe inc and mr briggs edney federal aviation agency washington they expect to leave bermuda by the end of the week with their findings for washington the airmen denied raping the woman on july 22 claim ing that what took place in the back of ferguson's car on a lonely road in tucker's town was with her consent aero-medics will be here to check on the astronaut should bermuda have to be used as a recovery area if anything should go wrong outstanding performance ratings were presented to seven civilian employees at kindley afb recently in a brief ceremony presided over by former commander col onel george robinson jyir william frederick kuhn the man who found mrs gertrude robinson's badly battered body in a banana patch outside her home at leeside cottage warwick on sat urday march 7 related to a coroner's jury this morning how he stumbled on his early morning discovery the accused were intro duced to the woman and her girl friend in the coral is land club on latters first night in bermuda after dining and dancing at the club they went to harrington house where they had drinks and danced before deciding to leave for a club in hamilton the women left in separate cars but in stead of the accused taking the complainant â€” a virgin â€” to hamilton they drove her to the south shore in tucker's town where the offense took mr woodman instrementa tion engineer for the nation al aeronautic space adminis tration the agency charged vith getting a man into spac said that a total of 17 sites in various parts of the world have been selected to track the capsule carrying the mau on his historic journey the ber n.uda station will rank second only to the launching site at cape canaveral the importance of the role bermuda will play in the space plans is evident mr h wil liam wood the man who is heading the four-member team received the ratings were mr william h palmer technical advisor base sup ply office mr thomas a hetzel deputy director of materiel miss freda d roe transportation assistant u.s army transportation terminal unit mrs roslyn c seay clerk stenographer director of materiel office mr bobby d chiles budget analyst comptroller budget office mr jerome levine budget officer comptroller budget office and mr ar thur n jackson crating in spector commercial trans portation office sitting in on yesterday's briefing were several officers from kindley field who will be concerned ih various ways with the development of the btation he was the first of a num ber of witnesses scheduled to testify today at the public in quest into the elderly widow's death the inquest opened on monday with the wor s s toddings m.c.p presiding eight witnesses were heard before the hearing was ad journed until today i went inside to tell my wife and while waiting for her to come out i glanced again in the direction of the figure and noted it had on a blue sweater mr kuhn said he thought he recognized the sweater as being that of mrs charles wesley jerden an other of his tenants on the same property said it will be from here . that the first contact will be made with the astronaut after evangelist to appear at richard allen a.m.e church the next of the state de partment telegram which was sent to mr lafoon the amer ican consul general officially announcing the project was as follows : it is proposed to launch the bell-like capsule in an atlas vehicle and insert it in orbit about 300 nautical miles south cf bermuda after three suc cessful orbits at a distance of 105 nautical miles the cap sule will be recovered at san salvador estimated time for the three trips around the globe was given as 90 minutes several safety devices will be aboard the capsule if a malfunction takes place for instance on the launching pad mr wood stated ths capsule with its passenger tiding in a backward position will be carried to 25,000 feet and he will be automatically parachuted back to earth this morning mr kuhn said he was a retired civil servant who rented his cottage to mrs robinson he was in the habit of rising early and sometimes came out as early as 6 a.m on march 7 he came out at about 7 a.m to retrieve a cof fee top from his trash ean he came out through the kitchen door the trial opened on friday with the attorney general the hon j c hooton pro secuting s and mr ronald bar nard representing the accused the 12-man jury took 35 min utes to reach its unanimous place a four-member team repre senting the n.a.s.a of the united states is now making a technical evaluation of several locations in bermuda this team which is headed by mr h william wood is seek ing suitable sites for electro nic space vehicle tracking and data acquisition equipment to be used in the u.s space ex ploration programme one por tion of which is the project mercury manned satellite the team will return to the united states by september 1 he went over aud knocked mi mrs jerden's door and was shocked to see her open up because i thought the figure i had seen was hers and that she had had an over coming evangelist edith randolph of jamaica n.y will be the guest speaker at the 11.00 a.m service at richard allen a.m.e church sunday aug 23rd the outstanding perform ance rating is the highest performance rating a federal employee may receive in the past few years this rating has been approved for somewhat under two percent of all air force employees continued on page 2 the widely known and po pular evangelist is at present the assistant pastor of carter community a.m.e church in jamaica where she has been doing and is still doing a mag nificient work in adding new members to the roll of the church membership as a result of what he told mrs jerden she rushed in and called her husband mr kuhn said adding that he and mr jerden went over together to investigate they recognized the figure as mrs robinson and thought she was dead un til they saw her tongue mov ing they then called the as he was about to return to the house he glanced in a northerly direction and saw a fgure lying on the grass to the northwest corner of the banana patch at first he thought it was a man pastor arrives for church anniversary for these reasons the ap proval of this rating is con sidered an extremely high honor the rey.o b crawford pastor of st paul a m e church in cambridge mafss arrived in the colony yester day for a series of speaking engagements in connection with the anniversary rtf the dedication of vernon temple a m e church southamp ton the main service is on sunday next evangelist randolph has conducted numerous revivals throughout the u.s during which many souls have been saved * police personal and social mr kuhn said the last time he saw mrs robinson prior to this was the previous after noon at about 4 p.m sitting cut in her front yard with mrs florence davis she appeared to be quite normal at that time and in fact she had been singing off and on in addition each of thes3 employees received a mone tary award and a letter of congratulation from the kind ley wing commander the pi esentation ceremony was also attended by each of the employee's supervisor who had initiated the recommend ations for the ratings n.a.a.c.p to fight little rock loophole mr george kattera(y who has spent the past four years studying music at trinity college of music iu london england returned to the col ony on july 7th for a vacation bile is the son of mr george ratteray m c p and mrs bbatteray â– '*â– ' : ww ___â– .â– 'â– mm w mwzi : w b^'^b ww ' tbÂ»8 ;*'â– 'â€¢>â– â– *'", i â– f _.;_&_&&'. ':â– â– "-'-â– k-l^f^.-f:.^^^^if'iz.z z^f^tmt segregated rooms in integrated schools rev crawford is a graduate of gammon theological sem inary in georgia continued on page 6 # * Â» â– - -â– - -' 3 1 j'-wmmm ik9i he v '' fmmww ' h wtz â– w mmw ____â– â– ra________r : fwri h--_ii-ifrlb_fi fi_3&ij_m k â– â– : â– , '" ? iÂ»^ui _______â– ___â– Â»: w\ma j i 5 w*t^b iÂ±m w^w^-sa e^h wmw l â– __â– ____________ axxmrnrnm m^l^^tmamr l ammww l_l_-t____________t * >/_â– iff b s b : s f_b fl_l.rÂ£n mmjmf rfsm p ____ w^h b l '' t 1 k k__hta______i l * j___^_il__r__b**it if ilia iil9_^9 k j 1 fiÂ«8^^^1-___t_?m;^^_h b^._--b b^'v ' i_____b ______â– ifffh hi kb f3fjffe b -. v m mmmw w bl ________ â– | 4m____i w k^s'l'f *â– b_____m-___e h____02 " x fl bhhbsi : little rock ark aug 17 â€” the national association for the advancement of 0Â°1 vs the oklahoma board of regents mr branton said the court ruled that a negro once admitted to an inte grated school could not be segregated within the school miss cecilia lyons a music teacher of brooklyn n y is spending her third trip to bermuda as houseguest of miss odessa robinson of devonshire oured people promised mon day to fight any attempt to segregate negro students iu integrated schools evangelist randolph school board president eve rett tucker jr said that the board would abide by tho 1958 law so long as it is not declared invalid he made the statement on the cbs face thfr nation tv programme shortly after the n.a.a.c.p announced plans to fight any attempt to follow " the provi sions of the state law â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ wiley branton arkansas attorney for the n.a.a.cp said if the little rock school board tries to conduct segre gated classes under provisions of a 1958 state law he would take it into court mrs rubain pearman of north shore pembroke left here sunday for a vacation in new york and boston she is in great demand by other churches in the colony and will be filling preaching engagements during her stay of a number of weeks in ber muda â€¢ â€¢ mr arthur deshield of west gate warwick has returned to the colony after spending a fortnight's vaca tion in the laurentian moun tains in canada a capacity packed audience will be expected when she makes her appearance at rich ard allen on sunday next john a mcleod jr a white attorney announced he has invoked the law to keep his fifteen-year-old daughter ann lane from studying in the same classes with negroes the girl attends hau high school where three negro girls are assigned separate rooms envisaged mr tucker said he did not anticipate that any legal test ing of the law would cause problems in the day-to-day operations of the integrated schools in the mean time â€¢ # â€¢ becomes father at 84 mr and mrs norman de shields bermudians who have resided in new york for many yea.rs arrived in the colony 10 days ago and are house guests of mrs estina paisley in u.k blackpool england a u g 7 â€” fred hepworth be came a father for ' the first time today at the age of 84 after visiting his 43-year-old wife sarah in hospital and looking over their eight-pound son mr hepworth said : i had given up hoping law on segregation the law simply provides that no student will be forced to attend classes with mem bers of another raee asked what would happen if parents of all the white chil dren at the integrated schools sought action for their chil dren under the same law mr tucker said he presumed the â€¢ * â€¢ tourists from new jersey â€” mr h h brown representing brown and cotton tour agency is seen on the left welcoming a party from new jersey which arrived on saturday for a week in bermuda the visitors are miss grace allen miss edna burke mrs rosalie harris mrs dorothy harris mr leonard l*eke mj mrs lillian gordon they are guests of mr and mrs brown and the plaza hotel in hamilton - photo by lee tucker mrs rhoda swann of new york the wife of raymond swann is here on a visit and is staying with her brother-in law sinclair swann and fam ily at pembroke park it's no different from a ruling by the u.s supreme court in the case of mclaurin continued on page 6 diet delightfully with diet delight

m % > 4i1 h jbermuda jl hecorde published bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays ox i gives a meal man-a ealf volume xxxvi hamilton bermuda wednesday august 19 1959 no 7 bermuda stunned at its choice as man's main highroad to outer space iÂ«im-ik s ssasj Â® notnmtsr^^^^^x^t^l ch,ha v^p mah vfc y_pf v i xa t__/jp f i gift i a / { j^l hawaii w^_______ls rem w bkw i t j j~~"~w w t jmj^ttf jmm amam w mm a i\______il___________hli * sv6 l â– j^^wam x r * m_f1~v_i ft tr _*/ souinwtsmh3f u ocean ({Â£. sh cthnal * aun^m -. =, - //Â¥/ mÂ«a , f r ioji.uÂ«v 4 jffiskr^jr u 9 m^______h wwâ– â– *'", i â– f _.;_&_&&'. ':â– â– "-'-â– k-l^f^.-f:.^^^^if'iz.z z^f^tmt segregated rooms in integrated schools rev crawford is a graduate of gammon theological sem inary in georgia continued on page 6 # * Â» â– - -â– - -' 3 1 j'-wmmm ik9i he v '' fmmww ' h wtz â– w mmw ____â– â– ra________r : fwri h--_ii-ifrlb_fi fi_3&ij_m k â– â– : â– , '" ? iÂ»^ui _______â– ___â– Â»: w\ma j i 5 w*t^b iÂ±m w^w^-sa e^h wmw l â– __â– ____________ axxmrnrnm m^l^^tmamr l ammww l_l_-t____________t * >/_â– iff b s b : s f_b fl_l.rÂ£n mmjmf rfsm p ____ w^h b l '' t 1 k k__hta______i l * j___^_il__r__b**it if ilia iil9_^9 k j 1 fiÂ«8^^^1-___t_?m;^^_h b^._--b b^'v ' i_____b ______â– ifffh hi kb f3fjffe b -. v m mmmw w bl ________ â– | 4m____i w k^s'l'f *â– b_____m-___e h____02 " x fl bhhbsi : little rock ark aug 17 â€” the national association for the advancement of 0Â°1 vs the oklahoma board of regents mr branton said the court ruled that a negro once admitted to an inte grated school could not be segregated within the school miss cecilia lyons a music teacher of brooklyn n y is spending her third trip to bermuda as houseguest of miss odessa robinson of devonshire oured people promised mon day to fight any attempt to segregate negro students iu integrated schools evangelist randolph school board president eve rett tucker jr said that the board would abide by tho 1958 law so long as it is not declared invalid he made the statement on the cbs face thfr nation tv programme shortly after the n.a.a.c.p announced plans to fight any attempt to follow " the provi sions of the state law â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ wiley branton arkansas attorney for the n.a.a.cp said if the little rock school board tries to conduct segre gated classes under provisions of a 1958 state law he would take it into court mrs rubain pearman of north shore pembroke left here sunday for a vacation in new york and boston she is in great demand by other churches in the colony and will be filling preaching engagements during her stay of a number of weeks in ber muda â€¢ â€¢ mr arthur deshield of west gate warwick has returned to the colony after spending a fortnight's vaca tion in the laurentian moun tains in canada a capacity packed audience will be expected when she makes her appearance at rich ard allen on sunday next john a mcleod jr a white attorney announced he has invoked the law to keep his fifteen-year-old daughter ann lane from studying in the same classes with negroes the girl attends hau high school where three negro girls are assigned separate rooms envisaged mr tucker said he did not anticipate that any legal test ing of the law would cause problems in the day-to-day operations of the integrated schools in the mean time â€¢ # â€¢ becomes father at 84 mr and mrs norman de shields bermudians who have resided in new york for many yea.rs arrived in the colony 10 days ago and are house guests of mrs estina paisley in u.k blackpool england a u g 7 â€” fred hepworth be came a father for ' the first time today at the age of 84 after visiting his 43-year-old wife sarah in hospital and looking over their eight-pound son mr hepworth said : i had given up hoping law on segregation the law simply provides that no student will be forced to attend classes with mem bers of another raee asked what would happen if parents of all the white chil dren at the integrated schools sought action for their chil dren under the same law mr tucker said he presumed the â€¢ * â€¢ tourists from new jersey â€” mr h h brown representing brown and cotton tour agency is seen on the left welcoming a party from new jersey which arrived on saturday for a week in bermuda the visitors are miss grace allen miss edna burke mrs rosalie harris mrs dorothy harris mr leonard l*eke mj mrs lillian gordon they are guests of mr and mrs brown and the plaza hotel in hamilton - photo by lee tucker mrs rhoda swann of new york the wife of raymond swann is here on a visit and is staying with her brother-in law sinclair swann and fam ily at pembroke park it's no different from a ruling by the u.s supreme court in the case of mclaurin continued on page 6 diet delightfully with diet delight